Listed software company听Ideagen听has appointed听its first听Chief Revenue Officer.听
Ideagen, based in Nottingham, has reported 12 consecutive years of revenue and profit growth听and recently听secured a 拢100 million funding package.听
With a presence in 150 countries, the business provides quality, audit and risk software to organisations operating in highly regulated industries.听
Its clients span sectors including aviation, financial services, life science, healthcare and manufacturing, and it has 鈥榗entres of excellence鈥� in the UK, Europe, America, UAE and听South East听Asia.听
James King听has taken up the new role, which听covers听all commercial customer–facing activities, including sales, delivery, and customer success. The CRO will also be a member of听滨诲别补驳别苍鈥檚听Executive Leadership Team.听
King joins听Ideagen听from IDEMIA Group,听a听French听鈧�2.3听billion听group听in digital payment, connectivity, and identity solutions, where he was most recently Senior Vice President of Global Markets for the group鈥檚 Digital 老九品茶 Unit.听
With more than 27 years in the technology and software industry King has previously held senior international leadership roles in听a number of听software companies, including Evolving Systems, which is listed on NASDAQ, where he was Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing, and Swedish mobile software vendor, SmartTrust, where he was Vice President and General Manager EMEA.听
Ben Dorks, CEO of听Ideagen,听said:听鈥淲e see the role of Chief Revenue Officer as an important one in the next phase of听滨诲别补驳别苍鈥檚听development.听听
鈥�Our strategy is to continue to grow our business geographically and by sector and James has been very successful in helping other software businesses to do that.听听
鈥�I am delighted to welcome him to the team and very much look forward to working with him.鈥�听
King said: 鈥淚 am enormously excited to be joining such an innovative and fast-growing software business.听听
鈥�Ideagen听has become one of the leading vendors in the 鈥榬eg-tech鈥� space with a broad portfolio of SaaS solutions addressing a whole range of highly regulated industries such as financial institutions, life sciences, healthcare, aviation, and manufacturing.听听
鈥�I look forward to joining such a talented team and helping them to continue the strong growth story as we look to expand into new market segments, new geographies, and launch new solution offerings to help our customers manage their evolving regulation management needs鈥�.听